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Davidrock65 Posted 20 years ago
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in as nice a way as possible?

She tried to give the bad news in as nice a way as possible. = She tried to give the bad news in a way as nice as possible. ?
  

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yes, but this is the only idiomatic version from the two: She tried to give the bad news in as nice a way as possible.

  • yes, but this is the only idiomatic version from the two: She tried to give the bad news in as nice a way as possible.
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yes, but this is the only idiomatic version from the two:

She tried to give the bad news in as nice a way as possible.
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Davidrock65She tried to give the bad news in as nice a way as possible. = She tried to give the bad news in a way as nice as possible. ?

That's the basic idea, yes. "She tried to give the bad news in the nicest way she could."

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